Jun 11

The Power Of The Riff Fest Adds West Coast Shows

Posted by Chris Harris on June 11, 2011 in News, Tour Dates

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More shows have been announced after last week’s revelation about Los Angeles’ The Power of the Riff Festival. Turns out the festival — headlined by Pentagram and Winter — will be mobile.

Right now, there are a total of four massive upcoming West Coast shows confirmed, and more are said to be in the works for this August.

The first of the four shows will be August 13, the second official The Power Of The Riff Fest in the city of Los Angeles. The bill also features Pelican, Trap Them, Masakari, Alpinist, Acephalix and All Pigs Must Die, with more acts to be announced soon. Dates follow, after the jump kid.

8/13: Echo/Echoplex @ Los Angeles, CA
(Pentagram, Winter, Pelican, Trap Them, Masakari, Alpinist, Acephalix, All Pigs Must Die, and more TBA)

8/15: Elbo Room @ San Francisco, CA
(Winter, Noothgrush, Trap Them, Black Breath, All Pigs Must Die, Acephalix)

8/16: The Mezzanine @ San Francisco, CA
(Pentagram, Pelican, Alpinist , Masakari, Early Graves, Baptists, Aeges)

8/18: Neumo’s @ Seattle, WA
(Winter, Pelican, Noothgrush, All Pigs Must Die, Alpinist, Masakari, Aeges)

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Chris Harris is an internationally-published music journalist and writer whose work has appeared on the pages of Rolling Stone, IFC.com, Revolver, Alternative Press, and Radar. The former news editor for Noisecreep.com, AOL’s heavy metal blog, Harris also served as co-host for the site’s weekly podcast, “Creep Show." Harris spent four years as a reporter and on-air talent for MTV News.